Research Opportunity: Measuring Labour Shortages
Release Date: 16 December 2021 Closing Date: 31 January 2022 (11:59pm PST) The Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) is seeking innovative solutions for real-time identification and tracking of labour shortages. To meet this objective, we are looking for advanced research projects focused on…
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Bridging the divide between career services and equity-seeking groups in Canada
Surranna Sandy, CEO of Skills for Change, reflects on what the findings in LMIC and FSC’s recent report on career services in Canada mean for the newcomers and low-income people her organization serves. Listen to this article as an audio recording Recently, the…
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Why aren’t women working in trades? Creating safe and inclusive workplaces for women
Bonnie Douglas, Project Manager at CCWESTT, reflects on why there are so few women in trades and what Canadian employers can do about it. Listen to this article as an audio recording It’s an ongoing challenge: female trade certificate holders consistently earn less than their male…
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Learning and Earning: Three New Years of Data for Post-Secondary School Graduate Earnings
Listen to this article as an audio recording In January 2020, LMIC and the Education Policy Research Initiative published a joint report on the early career earnings of Canadian post-secondary education graduates. Now, three additional years of post-graduate earnings data is available. Today…
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Adults and career services: 3 key findings
Listen to this article as an audio recording When I moved to Canada, I was completely clueless about the education system, the labour market and career pathways. So much so, that I struggled to decide which university to attend. The international college I…
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Majority of Canadians not accessing career services despite unprecedented job market shakeup, reveals new report
Listen to this article as an audio recording Latest data from the Labour Market Information Council and the Future Skills Centre finds top barriers to Canadians using career services are awareness and access; Reports show Canada trails global peers in accessing career services. OTTAWA,…
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